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1023040

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money from the public purse his Department has allocated to marketing for the (a) early years initial (b) primary and (c) secondary teacher training courses.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	200646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The marketing budget allocated for recruitment to post-graduate initial teacher training for the financial year 2018-19 is £16,671,000.</p><p> </p><p>A budget breakdown between primary and secondary recruitment is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>There is no budget allocated for the financial year 2018-19 for marketing the separate early years teaching entry routes.</p><p> </p><p>The marketing campaign for teacher training directs people to visit the Get Into Teaching site here:</p><p><a href="https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>On this website, they can find out more about training for early years, primary and secondary teaching.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/12/2018 16:55:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1149983

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Asbestos
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to publish the names the schools subject to the Asbestos Management Assurance Process.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	1024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department takes the health and safety of staff and pupils very seriously.</p><p>The Department launched the Asbestos Management Assurance Process (AMAP) in March 2018 to enhance its understanding of the management of asbestos in schools. The AMAP was a voluntary data collection, but all state funded schools in England were expected to participate. On 16 July 2019, the Department published a report of findings from the process, alongside a list of schools and their responsible bodies that participated.</p><p>The AMAP remains open so that schools and responsible bodies can continue to participate or update their information. The Department will update the list of institutions that have responded to the AMAP every six months to ensure that this provides an up-to-date picture of participation.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/10/2019 16:40:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1151478

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Asbestos
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2019 to Question 1024, on Schools: Asbestos, if his Department will publish the names of the schools that were found not to be managing asbestos in line with regulatory requirements.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	3700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The Asbestos Management Assurance Process (AMAP) was a voluntary data collection which had an excellent response rate of over 88%. All state-funded schools and academies in England, and their respective responsible bodies, were expected to participate and the Department is contacting the schools that did not respond to the AMAP to ask them to do so.</p><p>The AMAP remains open for schools to update their information and the Department does not intend to publish information provided by individual schools and responsible bodies. This data was not collected on the basis that school responses would be published. Doing so would be likely to increase the burdens on school leadership teams and discourage future participation in data collections, undermining the Department’s ability to collect information to support schools in the effective management of asbestos.</p><p>The Department published a detailed report on the findings from the AMAP in July 2019. Where the AMAP identified a concern, the Department is continuing to work with schools and duty holders directly, and with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as a regulator, to offer support. Where appropriate, this might include targeted inspections by the HSE to ensure they are taking remedial action to address issues in their asbestos management.</p><p>The Department is also sharing guidance written specifically for schools on asbestos management to support schools and responsible bodies to meet their duties under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 3701 question first answered 30/10/2019 15:35:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1151480

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Asbestos
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that all schools participate in the Asbestos Management Assurance Process.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	3701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The Asbestos Management Assurance Process (AMAP) was a voluntary data collection which had an excellent response rate of over 88%. All state-funded schools and academies in England, and their respective responsible bodies, were expected to participate and the Department is contacting the schools that did not respond to the AMAP to ask them to do so.</p><p>The AMAP remains open for schools to update their information and the Department does not intend to publish information provided by individual schools and responsible bodies. This data was not collected on the basis that school responses would be published. Doing so would be likely to increase the burdens on school leadership teams and discourage future participation in data collections, undermining the Department’s ability to collect information to support schools in the effective management of asbestos.</p><p>The Department published a detailed report on the findings from the AMAP in July 2019. Where the AMAP identified a concern, the Department is continuing to work with schools and duty holders directly, and with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as a regulator, to offer support. Where appropriate, this might include targeted inspections by the HSE to ensure they are taking remedial action to address issues in their asbestos management.</p><p>The Department is also sharing guidance written specifically for schools on asbestos management to support schools and responsible bodies to meet their duties under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 3700 question first answered 30/10/2019 15:35:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1196016

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his written statement of 21 April 2020, HCWS193, on Support for Education Settings/Providers, how many (a) laptops and tablets and (b) wireless 4G routers have been (i) applied for and (ii) will be received by schools on behalf of children and young people in each local authority area in the North East region.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	47277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed over £100 million to support vulnerable and disadvantaged children in England to access remote education, including by providing laptops, tablets and 4G routers.</p><p>We are providing laptops and tablets to vulnerable and disadvantaged children who would otherwise not have access and are preparing for examination in Year 10, receiving support from a social worker or are a care leaver.</p><p>The Department has ordered over 200,000 laptops and tablets. Local authorities and academy trusts are best place to identify and prioritise children and young people who need devices. The Department is agreeing the number of devices allocated to each local authority and academy trust based on its estimates of the number of eligible children that do not have access to a device.</p><p>The Department is working to provide these devices in the shortest possible timeframe; deliveries to schools and Local Authorities will start this month and continue in June.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/05/2020 16:35:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1221544

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Remote Education: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's publication of 1 July 2020 entitled Devices and 4G wireless routers progress data as of 30 June 2020, if he will provide that data in relation to each local authority area in the North East.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	70393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed over £100 million to support vulnerable and disadvantaged children in England to access remote education and social care services, including by providing laptops, tablets and 4G wireless routers. We are providing laptops and tablets to disadvantaged children who would otherwise not have access and are preparing for examinations in year 10, receiving support from a social worker or are a care leaver. Where care leavers, children with a social worker at secondary school and children in year 10 do not have internet connections, we are providing 4G wireless routers.</p><p>The Department has ordered over 200,000 laptops and tablets, and allocated devices to local authorities and academy trusts based on its estimates of the number of eligible children that do not have access to a device. Local authorities and academy trusts are best placed to identify and prioritise children and young people who need devices. The Department has invited all local authorities and academy trusts to order laptops and tablets and 4G wireless routers. As of the end of June, over 200,000 laptops and tablets and over 47,000 4G wireless routers have been delivered to local authorities and academy trusts.</p><p>The Department has delivered the following number of devices to local authorities across the North East for children with a social worker, care leavers and disadvantaged year 10s. The Department continues to deliver devices as orders are received.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Local Authority </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Devices Delivered or Dispatched</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4G Wireless Routers Delivered or Dispatched </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>604</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1827</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>731</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tyneside</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>711</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1130</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>671</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>961</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redcar and Cleveland</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>550</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton-on-Tees</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>755</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>County Durham</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1697</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>410</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>976</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong> 11023</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1778</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/07/2020 16:59:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1221545

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: ICT and Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of pupils eligible for free school meals in (a) Stockton-on-Tees, (b) the North East and (c) England who will not have access to (i) an appropriate digital device, (ii) an internet connection and (iii) data after his Department's roll-out of devices and 4G wireless routers is complete.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	70394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed over £100 million to support children in England to access remote education and social care services, including by providing vulnerable and disadvantaged children with laptops, tablets and 4G wireless routers. We have provided laptops and tablets to disadvantaged children who would otherwise not have access and are preparing for examinations in year 10, receiving support from a social worker or are a care leaver. Where care leavers, children with a social worker at secondary school and children in year 10 do not have internet connections, we have provided 4G wireless routers.</p><p>The Department has provided over 200,000 laptops and tablets to local authorities and academy trusts based on its estimates of the number of eligible children that do not have access to a device. These estimates were based on the proportion of disadvantaged children, an estimate of private devices ownership and an estimate of existing devices held by schools which could be loaned out to meet the needs of these children. Local authorities and academy trusts are best placed to identify and prioritise children and young people who need devices. Local authorities and academy trusts could request additional devices, if required.</p><p>As of the end of June, over 200,000 laptops and tablets and over 47,000 4G wireless routers had been delivered to local authorities and academy trusts. This included 755 laptops and tablets and 160 4G wireless routers to Stockton-on-Tees local authority for children with a social worker and care leavers and year 10 pupils in local authority maintained schools.</p><p>The Department has delivered the following number of devices to local authorities for children with a social worker, care leavers and disadvantaged year 10s across the North East. The Department continues to deliver devices as orders are received.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Local Authority </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Devices Delivered or Dispatched</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4G Wireless Routers Delivered or Dispatched </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>604</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1827</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>731</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tyneside</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>711</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1130</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>671</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>961</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redcar and Cleveland</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>550</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton-on-Tees</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>755</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>County Durham</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1697</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>410</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>976</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>11023</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1778</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Devices have also been delivered to academy trusts which have schools in the North East for disadvantaged year 10 pupils.</p><p>The Department has launched a service to provide children and young people free access to BT wifi hotspots until the end of December. 10,000 families will initially be able to access the scheme. We are currently working with BT to expand this offer to allow more children to access the internet through their network of BT wifi hotspots.</p><p>We are working with the major telecommunications companies to improve internet connectivity for disadvantaged and vulnerable families. For families who rely on a mobile internet connection, mobile network operators are working to provide access to free additional data while COVID-19 requires children to learn from home and more social care services are online.</p><p> </p><p>For those in rural areas or without a connection, schools are able to draw on support from the BBC which is broadcasting lessons on television. Some of the BBC educational content is offline, via the red button.</p><p>Schools may also choose to draw on the many resources offers which have been made by publishers across the country. The Department has published an initial list of high quality online educational resources, which have been identified by some of the country’s leading educational experts to help pupils learn at home.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/07/2020 16:59:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1249236

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Financial Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the age at which children's attitudes towards money are shaped; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	112056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>Education on financial matters helps to ensure that young people are prepared to manage their money well, make sound financial decisions, and know where to seek further information when needed. In 2014, for the first time, financial literacy was made statutory within the National Curriculum as part of the citizenship curriculum for 11 to 16 year olds: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-citizenship-programmes-of-study" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-citizenship-programmes-of-study</a>.</p><p>We also introduced a rigorous mathematics curriculum, which provides young people with the knowledge and financial skills to make important financial decisions: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-mathematics-programmes-of-study" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-mathematics-programmes-of-study</a>. <br>The Government has published statutory programmes of study for mathematics and citizenship that outline what pupils should learn about financial education from Key Stages 1 to 4.</p><p>In the primary mathematics curriculum, there is a strong emphasis on the essential arithmetic that pupils should have. This knowledge is vital, as a strong understanding of numeracy and numbers will underpin the pupils’ ability to manage budgets and money, including, for example, percentages. There is also some specific content about financial education such as calculations with money.</p><p>The Department trusts schools to use their professional judgement and understanding of their pupils to develop the right teaching approach for their particular school, drawing on the expertise of subject associations and organisations such as Young Money.</p><p>For the longer term, the Department will continue to work closely with The Money and Pension Service and Her Majesty's Treasury, to consider how to provide further support for the teaching of financial education in schools<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/11/2020 16:02:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1259396

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: National Curriculum Tests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made on the importance of KS2 SATs results for the 2020-21 Year 7 cohort during the transition period into secondary schools.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	126863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>In light of the COVID-19 outbreak and associated school closures, the Department made the decision to cancel key stage 2 national curriculum assessments in the 2019/20 academic year. As a result, there were no formal assessment and reporting requirements for that year. The Department recognises the gap in information this creates on pupils’ attainment for the year 7 cohort of pupils in the 2020/21 academic year. Schools must continue to share pupils’ common transfer files with secondary schools and make arrangements to share additional information as required.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/12/2020 11:27:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1259397

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made for the implications of his policies for (a) regional variations in covid-19 infection rates, and (b) the number of days of schooling lost as a result of covid-19 restrictions on school exams in 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	126864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>The Department works closely with relevant partners such as the Joint Bio Security Centre, Public Health England, the Department of Health and Social Care, and the Office for National Statistics to understand regional trends in COVID-19 infection. Furthermore, our regional REACT teams gather information about the challenges facing individual schools and supports them to respond to their local circumstances.</p><p>The Department collects data from schools, nurseries, and colleges detailing absences related to COVID-19. We are also conducting research to understand the learning lost by school aged pupils as a result of disruption caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>The Department recognises that pupils, including those due to sit exams and assessments next year, will have experienced disruption to their education due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The measures announced on 3 December are the best way to ensure pupils have a fair chance of showing their knowledge and understanding of a subject in exams. These include grading that is more generous than previous years and adaptions to exams, such as giving pupils exam support materials and advance notice of topic areas.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/12/2020 15:32:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham